Raiders third-string quarterback Terrelle Pryorsaved the worst for last Monday night, his first real football action in almost two years.

With the Raiders trailing 3-0 and down to their last two plays, Pryor had plenty of time but underthrew Brandon Carswell by 5 yards. On the next play, Pryor lofted a floater deep, and it was easily intercepted by the Cowboys' Mana Silva.

"I'm angry at myself," Pryor said. "I thought everybody else on the team played great. I just think I played like dog crap. So I'm mad about that, about how I played. ... I will be better on Friday."

The Ohio State product couldn't have set the bar much lower for the Raiders' next preseason game, at Arizona.

Pryor finished 8-for-15 for 50 yards, was sacked twice and ran six times for 21 yards. Worse, he didn't get the team out of huddles fast enough, and a lot of his throws lacked zip - something the coaches say is because of bad footwork.

Pryor is hard on himself, maybe a little too hard, as he didn't have a training camp last year for the Raiders because he was taken in the supplemental draft and then suspended by the NFL for five games.

"He has to realize that it's not going to happen overnight," No. 2 quarterback Matt Leinartsaid. "He can make plays, and he's working hard."

The good news: The Raiders came out of the game pretty healthy. Center Stefen Wisniewskihad a calf injury, and tight end Richard Gordoncame out of the game because he was ill.

Rookie receiver Rod Streaterpicked up where he left off at camp and had a team-high six catches for 66 yards. That was more receptions than the undrafted rookie had in any one game at Temple. "It felt good out there, it really did," Streater said. "That's what you work for."

Head coach Dennis Allensaid the first-team defense "did exceptionally well" in its brief first-quarter appearance. Tommy Kellyhad a sack and then later so did undrafted rookie Dominique Hamilton, who is trying to earn a spot as the team's fourth defensive tackle.

High-fives: Former Raiders head coach Jon Gruden, who was traded by late owner Al Davis, returned to the Coliseum for the first time in eight years. He got a much nicer welcome this time than when he returned as the Buccaneers' head coach in 2004, and high-fived fans in the Black Hole before the game.

"When (the Raiders) start winning again," Gruden said, "there's not a better place to see a football game. If you're rooting for the other team, don't let anybody in the Black Hole know about it."